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E 0131A BYSSUS
The word " byssus " is, via
Latin, of Greek origin .
H 0294 ץ ו
ב
Concept of root :fine white
cloth
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Hebrew word
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pronunciation
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English meanings
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ץ ו ב
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buts
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fine
white cloth
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Related English words
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byssus
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Comparison between European words and
Hebrew
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Languages
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Words
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Pronunciation
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English meanings
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Similarity in roots
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Hebrew
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ץ ו ב
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buts
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fine white cloth
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b u ts
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Greek
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βυσσος
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bϋssos
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fine linen
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b u ss
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English
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byssus
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byssus
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b y ss
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Proto-Semitic *BUTS --- *BÜSS-OS Greek
There is always the possibility that such a word has been loaned from one language into the other. In general from Semitic into Greek, if the Semites were the ones to introduce a special kind of fine cloth to the Greeks. There seems to be no knowledge about this. So the similarity may well be based on a common origin. The fact that Hebrew uses TS and Greek SS makes this even more probable.
English " byssus " is fine linen cloth , as in Greek .
Note:
- Proto-Semitic. The same root is seen in Aramaic and Syriac "ב ו ץ א , buts'à" . Akkadian has "būtsu= fine linen". This root may have existed in Proto-Semitic : "*ב ו ץ , B W TS".
Note:
- Indo-European. We have no indications from outside Greek that would help to make a hypothesis for Indo-European. And some Greek scholars say the word may come from Ancient Egyptian, though there it might also have meant "cotton".
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| Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 10/10/2012 at 17.53.08 |
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